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Corvallis, Or, Us

Eugene, Oregon, Us

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Business Development and Sales for Oral Healthcare Division of Mitsui Chemical

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• Developed and managed marketing, distribution, education and advertising activities for key business segment of billion dollar global company• Built and managed industry leading, unique multi-tier training program for clinicians to form high performance practices through the optimization of new technologies for the clinical team• Restructured marketing team as a catalyst for change that allowed to distance ourselves from the competition through adaptive execution• Built market leadership position while simplifying sales and distribution structure through innovative products, selling seminars, creative promotions and highly unique training methodologies• Increased annual sales from $8 million to over $100 million throughout economic recession and moderate industry growth periods • Led cross-functional, multi-cultural development teams to clearly define and meet customer requirements with multi-phase product features and ongoing software improvements • Recruited, trained and managed 3-D imaging marketing sales/support team and developed sales force training program resulting in $8 million of new product sales in the first year • Built strong and diverse national key opinion leader network and formed clinical research agreements with major universities• Directed development of all advertising, media, trade show, educational/ sales event, direct mail and peer to peer marketing activities

Newberg, Or, Us

• Managed strategic planning and tactical prioritization of four product lines comprising 60% of company revenues. Oversaw concurrent product development teams, profitability analyses, market planning, and business model formulation for ERP conversion project.• Designed and implemented marketing programs involving research, competitive analysis, online and print media, sales literature, dealer sales and service training, and trade shows.• Team manager of streamlined supply chain project that increased profitability of product line by 20% and improved technology through the restructuring of international supplier relationship.

Lake Oswego, Oregon, Us

Developed new business programs that increased revenue $5 million per year on base volume of $20 million annually.Managed customer relationships with major airline manufacturers General Electric, Pratt Whitney, and Allison Gas Turbines.Directed a product engineering team responsible for 80% of division product lines reducing rework costs at an average of 15% per year.Led cross functional cost reduction and performance improvement teams.Produced monthly, quarterly and annual team performance reporting.

Master Of International Management, Asia Pacific

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Finance And Marketing